Local funeral directors tell us they’ve never been so busy burying and cremating more people than ever, a grim reality as the delta variant grips the two-state.
By Liz Owens, Photojournalist: Jasmine Garcia and Lynnsey Gardner
Clinging to life, an Augusta woman dials 911 but we uncovered video that shows for more than 15 minutes firefighters never tried to get inside to save her.
A 13-year-old Greenbrier Middle School student is facing felony terroristic threat charges after sending a violent and graphic text about shooting another student.
Vaccination rates differ depending where you live and Georgia and South Carolina are both lagging behind. But our I-Team has learned a group here in our area is defying this data.
Ever since the beginning of COVID we heard a lot about air filtration. In addition to upgrading mask requirements on school buses, the I-Team found Columbia County appears to have made the most changes to their air filtration on buses and in the classroom.
Our I-Team spoke with a pediatrician treating COVID patients at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia to find out what the new numbers may mean for our kids.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends each school have its own full-time nurse, but our our I-Team found that’s not the case for thousands of local kids.
Today the I-Team analyzed new data from state health officials and found here at home COVID infections in children are rising in the weeks ahead of school starting.
With as many as 5,000 members, the I-Team spent the day piecing together a trail of the Ghostface Gang across our area. And we found their crime spree, and their influence, is profound.
Arrested again, tonight a local pool contractor at the center of an I-Team investigation is in even deeper water. Travis Taylor turned himself in today after not one, not two, but three new warrants.
Drug overdose deaths skyrocketed nationwide during the pandemic. The I-Team analyzed deaths in Georgia and South Carolina and found the story is even worse.
A judge issues the first big ruling in a case involving a former Burke County deputy after high levels of lead were found in and outside of a sheriff's gun range.
An elected official in the Augusta city government is named in a two-count federal indictment charging him with destroying records in a federal investigation and lying to federal investigators researching the case.
Extravagant spending. Missing receipts. A question of possible fraud – and is it criminal? It’s a storyline playing with your tax dollars on both sides of the river. The I-Team follows the money tonight from Augusta to Allendale.
A bit of good news out of the pandemic for animal lovers, 2020 saw a 50 percent reduction in the number of dogs and cats euthanized in shelters. The I-Team collected data from local counties to see what that picture looks like here at home.
New questions about what’s next for Mayor Hardie Davis and his office after we found he’s spent $70,000 in the last 18 months on the taxpayer credit card.
By Lynnsey Gardner, Meredith Anderson, Photojournalist Irisa Wheeler and Photojournalist Erin Tallent
A local contractor is in deep water after our I-Team uncovers more reports of unfinished pools. Multiple families say they paid big bucks only to be left with a big mess.
A South Carolina senator is asking the governor to remove the Allendale County treasurer from office. This comes after our I-Team spent months investigating financial problems in the county from the school district not receiving state money to county employee payroll taxes being paid.
Serious questions being pointed at Mayor Hardie Davis and how he and other elected officials are spending your tax dollars. The I-Team has been looking into financial records for credit cards for more than a month now and today it came under the microscope for city leaders.
An update to an ongoing I-Team investigation into problems with housing at Fort Gordon. Tomorrow marks another step forward in a plan we’ve been tracking to protect our military families.
